1 Maccabees 3:49
King James VersionSource notes
“They brought also the priests’ garments, and the firstfruits, and the tithes: and the Nazarites they stirred up, who had accomplished their days.”
Context
46Wherefore the Israelites assembled themselves together, and came to Maspha, over against Jerusalem; for in Maspha was the place where they prayed aforetime in Israel.
47Then they fasted that day, and put on sackcloth, and cast ashes upon their heads, and rent their clothes,
48And laid open the book of the law, wherein the heathen had sought to paint the likeness of their images.
49They brought also the priests’ garments, and the firstfruits, and the tithes: and the Nazarites they stirred up, who had accomplished their days.
50Then cried they with a loud voice toward heaven, saying, What shall we do with these, and whither shall we carry them away?
51For thy sanctuary is trodden down and profaned, and thy priests are in heaviness, and brought low.
52And lo, the heathen are assembled together against us to destroy us: what things they imagine against us, thou knowest.